Iowa Code § 43.37

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Number of votes permitted per office.

Official statutory text

The elector shall be permitted to vote for no more candidates for any office than there are persons to be elected to the office. If an elector votes for more persons for any office than the number permitted, the elector’s ballot shall not be counted for that office.

88 Acts, ch 1119, §6

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